Most household duties are universal - both spouses can handle them equally. However, there is also what a woman (wife) should do at home. Basically, these are cases requiring attention and the availability of free time.
Creating comfort
Men, as a rule, are alien to the desire to make their home more comfortable. They don’t see the point in buying all these flower vases, paintings, night lights, New Year's garlands and Easter baskets, scented candles and other cute little things that turn an empty, cold space into a lived-in house with a “tasty” atmosphere, where you want to return after difficult workers weekdays. Therefore, women have to engage in beautification - the fair sex knows a lot about comfort.
Cooking
This is not to say that the watch at the stove is a purely female occupation. Rather, cooking should be done by someone who is better at it and who has enough time for it. But often the circumstances are such that it is the wives who return from work a few hours earlier or spend the whole day at home, so it is they who have to take on the responsibility of providing the family with breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Product Listing
Going to the store is a lesson for a man, because it’s easier for him to push a full trolley and carry packages of food home. However, it is not forbidden to go shopping together - this is another reason for spending time together, albeit within the framework of household duties.
But to make a list of what should migrate from store shelves to a home refrigerator is a purely female duty. Men rarely manage to combine products correctly, and they tend to buy more than they need. So if you allow your husband or son to take the goods at their discretion, there is a risk that over the next weeks the family menu will consist of dumplings with mayonnaise, pasta with ketchup and fried potatoes with “ketchone”.
Childcare
Both parents should give their children enough time and attention. But with regard to caring for babies, it’s much easier for a woman to understand why a child is crying (he is bored, scared, hungry or something hurts); the mother intuitively feels the needs of her son or daughter. Therefore, staying with children in the first months and years is precisely the duty of a woman. However, this does not mean that the man-father is exempted from rendering her feasible assistance - he must do everything so that his wife has time to rest and take care of herself.
Buying Home Textiles
A real woman, like no one else, understands the quality of fabrics and knows how to choose the textiles that fit perfectly into the design of the room, last for a long time and will be pleasant to the body. So on her shoulders lies the purchase:
- bed linen;
- curtains;
- towels for the kitchen and bathroom;
- tablecloths and napkins;
- blankets and plaids.
Cleaning
Since both spouses live in the house, then they should be engaged in cleaning together. It also helps to attract children who are old enough to understand what they are doing and why. But, as a rule, a woman does the daily express cleaning - she needs 5-10 minutes to wipe the dust on the windowsills and tables, put small things in their places and, if necessary, water the flowers.
Washing dishes
If the house does not have a dishwasher, washing plates and pans turns almost into a punishment. Each family member tries to delegate an unpleasant duty to another, and as a result, a woman has to disassemble a mountain of dirty dishes in the sink. But it will be much easier if the wife agrees to wash the kitchen utensils, voluntarily taking this matter upon herself. After all, most husbands work late and get tired more; to force them to take up a sponge after a hard working day is not entirely honest.
Distribution of money for household needs
Hasty spending can lead to a collapse of the family budget. The woman’s duty is to ensure that the money allocated for housekeeping does not end earlier than the due date. All that is needed is to be able to plan the purchase of food, household cleaning products, home textiles, tableware and other utensils a month in advance.
Maintaining order
Purely not where they always go with a broom and a vacuum cleaner, but where they constantly maintain order with all their might. Men rarely bother with the fact that a thing is not in its place, so it is women who have to track objects scattered around the apartment (cups of unfinished tea, clothes, stationery, etc.). At the same time, it is not necessary to eliminate the mess itself - it is enough to indicate to the “violator of discipline” the need to clean up after himself.
Expiration date control
This item includes not only food products, but also medicines, household chemicals, and personal hygiene products. Men and children rarely pay attention to the expiration dates of these products. So the only way to preserve the health of households is to monitor the expiration date and throw away something that in a month or two will become unusable.
Depending on the structure adopted in a particular family, the duties of a woman may be different. There are many examples when men housekeeping, while their wives devote time to work and build a career. You should not take all of the above as a direct guide to action - it is, rather, information for reflection.
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